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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Mrjefferso <feldman6694@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjefferso569@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 17:42:17 -0700
Subject: Attention dear

GREETINGS FROM THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
(CIA) 2430 E St NW, Washington, DC 20037, United States




https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency


My name is Mr Jefferson from the FBI department Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency.



A lady called Alison came to our office this morning claiming to pay
us the sum US$500 to claim your payment funds from the federal
government. She is claiming that she is your next of kin, she told us
that you had cancer for a long timeand you died two days ago. She came
with a report claiming you are dead and we should release your funds
worth US$4.5 million Dollars to her.



I’m contacting you for proper confirmation . If you are there send me
the required information so we can send your funds to you. If we wait
for 48 hours and we did not get your response we will have no other
option than to grant her request.

This are the required information you need to get:


Current address

Valid ID card

Nearest airport



send your information to this official email address below:
mrjefferso569@gmail.com

I will be waiting for your urgent response if you are still alive



Best Regards


Mr jefferson
Central Intelligence Agency

I will try my possible best to help you get this done but you will try
to get me a $1000steam wallet card so I will get this funds delivery
by tomorrow morning.

This $1000 is not your total fee but if you pay this $1000 you will
receive your package and complete the payment.

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